The rapper Coolio has died, NBC Los Angeles reported Wednesday, citing his manager, Jarez Posey.
The artist, whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr., may have died of a heart attack, although an official cause of death has not yet been released, the television station reported, citing Posey.
Coolio was best known for his Grammy Award-winning song “Gangsta’s Paradise”. The celebrity gossip website TMZ reported that the rapper died in Los Angeles.
#UPDATE: Law enforcement sources tell TMZ no drugs or drug paraphernalia were found at the scene of Coolio’s death. An autopsy and toxicology test will be used to determine an official cause of death. https://t.co/NAKcXVxWlU
— TMZ (@TMZ) September 29, 2022
